The Screaming Skull

The Screaming Skull

Year: 1958

IMDb Rating: 3.9/10

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Directors: Alex Nicol

Cast: Peggy Webber, John Hudson, Russ Conway

Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination. Suspicion falls on Mickey, the estate's mentally challenged gardener, who was seemingly was very attached to his former mistress.

The Screaming Skull is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white horror film, produced by John Kneubuhl and directed by Alex Nicol, starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway, Tony Johnson, and Nicol. The Screaming Skull marked Nicol's directorial debut; he decided to try it because he felt that he was not acting in the roles which he wanted. The film was distributed by American International Pictures in August 1958 as a double feature with Terror from the Year 5000. The film's storyline concerns a newlywed woman who believes she is being haunted by the ghost of her new husband's previous wife. The simplistic musical score centres on the dies irae.

A widower remarries and the couple move into the house he shared with his previous wife. Only the ghost of the last wife might still be hanging around. Find out more about this film on it's IMDB page .

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